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This figure’s red cloak is sometimes interpreted as symbolizing fire, in contrast the bright blue cloak of the man to his right. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this figure who is modeled on Leonardo da Vinci in a Renaissance painting in which he holds a book in his left hand and points into the air with his right.
ANSWER: Plato [or Platon]
[10e] That depiction of Plato is from this painting, whose artist, Raphael, flattered himself by giving his own features to its depiction of the master artist Apelles.
ANSWER: The School of Athens [or La scuola d’Atene]
[10h] Vasari suggests that this artist was the model for Euclid in The School of Athens. This artist designed the Palazzo Caprini (“pah-LOTS-oh ka-PREE-nee”) where Raphael once lived, as well as a small, circular chapel commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
ANSWER: Donato Bramante [or Bramante Lazzari] (The latter building is the Tempietto.)
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